Wiki Coding Nerve repair

[kdhecb1]

Please can anyone help me code this sceniaro. One of the doctors I work with did a thryoidectomy during the procedure a nerve was cut. He did a repair on this nerve. Does anyone have any ideas on how I should code this? Your advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[FTessaBartels]

We break it - We Fix it

We would not code for repairs resulting from our own mistakes.

F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC

 

[kdhecb1]

Nerve repair

Thanks for your response. But in the future if this was not the physicians mistake what code would you use. I have looked at the nerve repair codes there is not one listed for the neck region. Just trying to learn what the appropriate code would be.

Thanks Kim